MOTHER’S PRIDE. A typical pride of lions on a lazy Saturday afternoon in Africa…. Except this is not the wild, this is the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa and these lions were rescued from a circus in Peru by ADI. Mahla and Scarc are no longer those small cubs we reunited with their devoted mother, Kiara. Scarc is now a very big, protective son. These are social animals, they need and care for each other, and this family is as close as ever. Today is #MothersDay , and Scarc and Mahla will

RUBEN GETS ANOTHER CATNIP SHOWER! Ruben is still enjoying his toys and they continue to provide excellent physiotherapy. We recently added one of our robust-a-balls, but as you can see his favorite continues to be the Kunduchi catnip bags – thank you to everyone who is sponsoring these! He seems to enjoy exploding the bags and showering himself with catnip. None of us will forget that first day when Ruben stepped from his travel crate and went straight to the catnip bag. We now have a canvas pri

MATILDA & CREW ARE HOME! We love this video of our latest ADI Wildlife Sanctuary residents checking out their new home. Thank you to everyone who contributed to ensure that we could take them in. You’ll be pleased to know plans are in hand to take in the horses and pigs Roosevelt and Churchill in December. DON'T FORGET THE GOATS & SHEEP ARE STILL WAITING FOR NAMES - keep these rolling in the comments below so that we can put together the official shortlist of suggestions soon! 👇 Here’s a few of

Happy Christmas from Animal Defenders International. Enjoy the rescued lions and tigers and all of the other animals at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. Thank you for all of your support in 2023, especially for helping to transform Ruben’s life – he’s having his best ever Christmas. ENJOY! #Christmas2023 #MerryChristmas #treats #ADIWildlifeSanctuary | Animal Defenders International

THIS IS THE ADI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. 16 months ago, ADI purchased 445 acres of land in South Africa to build a new sanctuary with huge, natural habitats. Our first residents, 27 ex-circus lions ADI rescued in Peru and Colombia, arrived in March. Lion Kesari joined us in October. In early January, 12 tigers and 5 lions from circuses in Guatemala will take up residence . This video shows what we have achieved in our first 16 months. This incredible rate of progress has been made possible by our det

CHRISTMAS FUN FOR RESCUED LIONS & TIGERS AT THE ADI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. They began life in tiny circus cages in Colombia, Peru, and Guatemala but crossed the globe to a new life in Africa, and one joined us from South African zoo. That is the difference we all make when we defend animals together and never, ever, ever give up. Thank you. | Animal Defenders International